Operational Technology Contract Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Operational Technology (OT)
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Operational Technology in contract job vacancies in Northamptonshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Operational Technology over the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 - 33
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Operational Technology 6 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Northamptonshire 1.92% - 0.50%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.26% - 2.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile £363 - -
25th Percentile £409 - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £450
75th Percentile - - £475
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median daily rate £550 - £450
% change year-on-year - - -33.33%

All Generic Skills
Northamptonshire

Operational Technology falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Northamptonshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 141 62 42
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 45.05% 24.03% 20.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 45 37
10th Percentile £331 £356 £198
25th Percentile £358 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £445 £450
Median % change year-on-year -6.74% -1.11% +1.12%
75th Percentile £480 £490 £538
90th Percentile £550 £575 £661
East Midlands median daily rate £437 £445 £480
% change year-on-year -1.80% -7.29% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.82
Median hourly rate £21.39 - £22.28
Median % change year-on-year - - +25.71%
75th Percentile - - £23.73
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £21.39 £50.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -57.22% +138.10% +19.59%

Operational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Operational Technology relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire.

Operational Technology job vacancy trend in Northamptonshire

Operational Technology
Daily Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Operational Technology.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Operational Technology

Operational Technology
Daily Rate Histogram in Northamptonshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Operational Technology in Northamptonshire over the 6 months to 24 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Operational Technology in Northamptonshire

Operational Technology
Contract Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Operational Technology within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 24 October 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Northampton - 4 £463 - 1
Daventry - 2 £550 -
Operational Technology
East Midlands

Operational Technology
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Purview
General
1 4 (66.67%) Automotive
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Project Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Senior
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Security Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Robotics
2 2 (33.33%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Logistics
1 4 (66.67%) Project Governance
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) AI
2 2 (33.33%) Change Management
2 2 (33.33%) Data Governance
2 2 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 2 (33.33%) Project Management
2 2 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
2 2 (33.33%) SIEM
2 2 (33.33%) SOAR
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (33.33%) Threat Detection
2 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) PMI Certification
1 2 (33.33%) PMP
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (33.33%) Tenable